Carnival of the New Jersey Bloggers
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The Art of Getting By has something to say about the recent shut down of the state government.
"Rarely, if ever, do I write about government issues. I could lie and say it's because I don't like taking sides, but in reality, it's not that." [link]
The Contrarian wants us all to know just how New Jersey he is.
"Being able to pump my own gas probably knocked me down a few notches." [link]
The Contrarian Part II The Farmer's Market, Jersey Fresh and recipes. We're the Garden State - we have to talk about this. It's in the by-laws.
"As summer nears its muggy apex, what better way to eat your way through hazy, hot and humid weather with some sweet corn, blueberries, zucchini, green beans and tomatoes picked that morning?" [link]
Virtual Memories prepares for his brother's visit by searching the Seaside Heights boardwalk for just the right pinball machine.
“In our family, there was no clear line between religion and pinball. My brother and I both love to play pinball–and this particular machine–but we play in very different ways. Like the brothers in Maclean’s sublime story, our methods say something about how we each achieve grace in this world." [link]
Jersey Writers It's baseball, it's group identity and it's fashion.
"If you think baseball hosiery isn't important, think again. Back in the early days, when uniform pants were essentially knickers, stockings were the primary way for a team to show its colors. Note that we don't have teams called the Blue Caps or the White Pants - We have the White Sox and the Red Sox. And during the McCarthy era, when the Cincinnati Reds were concerned that their team name might be associated with Communisim, the team's owners officially changed the club's name to the Redlegs." [link]
Armies of Liberation Eminent doimain in Yemen? It's about people in power, land seizure and diminished press freedoms.
"The subtext is that influential persons are confescating public, private and endowment lands. The article that triggered the “judicial” sentence was about the presidents relatives doing it." [link]
Shamrocketship Back from vacation, suffering post-perfect-vacation trauma.
"I fell in love with this place the first time I was there, and it just gets harder and harder to leave with each subsequent visit. Imagine this: in a place with real hills and real snow in the winter, we didn't see a Hummer for an entire week." [link]
The Boomer Chronicles What's so special about this New Jersey town?
"I’m from a small town in New Jersey called South River. There’s not much to it, except that a couple of well-known people sprang from the loins of this little place..." [link]
The Jersey Tomato documents the Amazing Race Across New Jersey in pictures.
"Well, here it is... The complete photo album of our NJ Monthly contest entry ... Some of the landmarks, we had seen before; others, we always wanted to see; and even others, we didn't even know existed." [link]
Tami, The True One In which a New Jersey community shows appreciation for a true hero.
"Franklin Township, NJ is renaming a street to honor Kevin A. Apuzzio, a young firefighter who lost his life responding to a house fire earlier this year." [link]
Tequila Shots For The Soul Observations about working out at the gym.
"Women like to throw around the evil eye, while men check out everything with breasts or big biceps. I tried to figure out why the women all looked so mean, and I think it's just the type of woman the gym attracts." [link]
"D"igital Breakfast Alternative energy information if you're thinking of getting off the grid.
"When I lived in New Mexico I met several people that were either partially or completely “off the grid.” Off the grid meant that you created your own energy to power your house through solar panels or wind generators exclusively. Partially off grid meant that you still generated energy from alternative means but you were hooked into the main power grid." [link]
Dead Leaves Recipes for the Modern Bachelor: Stare blankly into your pantry.
"After commuting to work, regale coworkers with your story of the meal. Accept, graciously, the complements of the bachelors. Gloat at the horror of the female coworkers. Puzzle at the wistful half-smiles of the married male coworkers." [link]
Roderama Teach your children well, their father's hell did slowly go by.
"... investigators looking into the recent shooting death of a 12 year old boy in East Brunswick found 98 guns in the town house - 25 alone in the boy's bedroom that he shared with his father, and 5 of those were loaded." [link]
The Center of NJ Life reads the governor's poll numbers after the state shutdown over the budget dispute.
"Corzine took a gamble by shutting down the state, but it looks like it paid off politically. The plan is for it all to pay off financially by making a difference in our ridiculous out-of-control way of budgeting here in NJ." [link]
Lassiter Space takes a look at family photos taken in Europe in the late 1950s.
"When I first came across this photo of my Mamaw and Pop in front of the Brandenburg Gate my jaw hit the floor. This photo was snapped about a year before the infamous Berlin Wall went up and snuffed out most contact between the two Germanies." [link]
Lassiter Space Part II explores modern terminology for characterizing people.
"Not only does the term itself sound clunky, it's just bizarre making a reference to the continent of my ancestor's birth to describe myself." [link]
Parkway Rest Stop offers to buy you lots of beer - but there's a catch.
"Here’s the thing. I am more than overdue for a new computer. Even writing the words “new computer” gives me a case of the hot squirts." [link]
The Rix Mix One more in a series of clothing epiphanies.
"Many years ago I discovered that outdressing other poets was easy & economical, since most male poets are like those rumpled corduroy teachers. So I'd show up for a reading wearing a rayon Hawaiian shirt or the handpainted silk tie an artist made for me. This didn't make me the better poet, but it occasionally inspired me to be more entertaining, since I believe poets are related to standup comics." [link]
Enlighten-New Jersey lays out a 30-year history of New Jersey property tax relief.
"Contrary to popular belief,New Jersey's income tax revenue can not be used to reduce state debt, to make contributions to state worker pension funds, to build state roads, to pay for Charity Care, to provide state security or for any other state expense. It can only be used for “property tax relief”." [link]
No/w/here The final submission for the Carnival this week is a series of posts in reverse order that documents a nurse's frightening journey back to health after she gets a work-related infection with a superbug. Anonymous B. Nowhere writes in an email: 'I have documented the entire fiasco surrounding my infection and my hospital's lack of appropriate response to the incident in my blog. I think it's important for people to realize exactly what MRSA is and why they are at risk for it every time they walk into a hospital (or nursing home.) It is also doubly important for people to know that there is NO choreographed response to this infection which is running rampant in healthcare settings.'
"After the week’s worth of research I’ve done on MRSA, I’ve come to realize that I could very well be dying from septicemia, or even be dead already, had it not been for Doc L. His knowledge, aggression, confidence, and willingness to lock horns with a system which otherwise did not give a damn saved my life. I will never be able to thank him enough." [link]
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Swell Carnival. Like that you include blog quotes.
Posted by: Rix | July 16, 2006 at 02:12 PM
My sincerest thanks for the great write-up and link. You are wonderful!
Posted by: Anonymous B. Nowhere | July 16, 2006 at 10:58 PM
Lovely job!
Posted by: The Contrarian | July 17, 2006 at 01:27 PM
Thanks for hosting. Very much like the format!
Posted by: Sharon GR | July 17, 2006 at 09:04 PM
And you match the logo too.
A belated thanks for hosting!:)
Posted by: Janet | July 18, 2006 at 11:43 PM